Sentences with phrase «higher ldl»

Fatty acids released by belly fat are also linked to higher LDL or «bad» cholesterol and lower HDL or «good» cholesterol.

In addition to increased belly fat, metabolic syndrome also causes high triglycerides (fats circulating in the bloodstream), high blood pressure, lower HDL (the good cholesterol) and higher LDL (bad) cholesterol, high inflammation, and a long list of other chronic health conditions.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there is a proven link between diets high in trans fatty acids and higher LDL (bad) cholesterol levels — and therefore a link to higher rates of heart disease.

What we know is that added sugars put you at a higher risk for a poor lipid (fats) profile: Higher triglycerides, lower HDL (the good cholesterol) and higher LDL levels (the bad cholesterol) in the blood.

When it comes to cholesterol, it is true that higher LDL levels correlate with inflammation that causes heart disease.

The fact remains that SF consumption is proven to raise LDL above the natural / healthy level (50 - 70 mg / dL), and any LDL level above 75 mg / dL will, on average, cause atherosclerosis to develop, with higher LDL causing more aggressive atherosclerosis.

If, after all this research and careful eating, our LDL's are so high due to nutritive deficiencies, shouldn't there be people out there eating the SAD (or other super high carb diets) with a much greater degree of vascular damage (due to nutritive deficiencies AND systemic inflammation) and hence much higher LDL values?

I am currently taking 6000 Omega 3 daily and would this cause a higher LDL - P or ApoB based on your experience?

I'm still not convinced that my current whole foods diet is somehow deficient in ways my old diet was not; and that this in turn is the cause of my higher LDL vs. the more likely MUCH higher Cholesterol intake.

Why don't we see higher LDL in them?

They found higher LDL in the Atkins diet and lower LDL in the low fat Ornish diet.

In other words, if the LDL went up, the HDL did too, thus counteracting the effect of the higher LDL.

And you'll discover that people who follow and promote such diets come up with all sorts of reasons why you should not worry about having higher LDL cholesterol levels.

First of all, cholesterol levels are misleading — having lower LDL («bad cholesterol») does not necessarily protect you from heart disease or other health problems, and having higher LDL cholesterol does not necessarily increase your risk for heart disease or other health problems (see: cholesterol).

When LDL goes up, HDL goes up to help deal with the higher LDL.

Are they not referring to omnivores who would be expected to naturally have higher LDL levels?

Another thing about cholesterol: even though higher LDL numbers are seen as risky, the type of LDL particles you have shuttling through your arteries is most important.

Studies have shown that the higher your LDL cholesterol, the higher your risk for heart disease.

Smokers tend to have higher LDL and lower HDL compared to their nonsmoking peers.

The authors found that those with lower LDL - cholesterol and triglyceride levels had a significantly elevated mortality risk when compared to patients with higher LDL and triglyceride levels.

«Patients with higher LDL cholesterol levels are likely to experience even greater health benefits from taking statins and some of the newer cholesterol drugs.»

The products are being studied as treatments for skin cancer, recurrent ovarian cancer and high LDL, or bad cholesterol, that doesn't respond to pills such as Lipitor.

It would appear so, since this is the only thing the control group ate, while the other groups had coconut oil added, and the control group had the highest LDL level.

(fun fact: why is coconut fact a healthy fat - > Coconut milk has high LDL cholesterol, which is the bad fat, but unlike other fats coconut milk also has high HDL, which is good for the body)

High LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) runs in my family, I had high LDL levels back in high school but now I have low LDLs and high HDLs (the good cholesterol), which I believe is due to me avoiding butter, lard and other animal products high in fat.

Bococizumab significantly reduces cardiovascular events in high - risk patients with high LDL cholesterol levels.

In the study, the researchers found that people with one inactive copy of NPC1L1 appeared to be protected against high LDL cholesterol — the so - called «bad» cholesterol — and coronary heart disease, a narrowing of the heart's arteries that can lead to heart attacks.

Nathan O. Stitziel, MD, PhD, and his colleagues have shown that mutations in the NPC1L1 gene may protect against high LDL cholesterol and heart attack.

If LDL - C is accumulating in arteries over a lifetime to cause heart disease, then why is it that elderly people with the highest LDL - C live the longest?

Since people over the age of 60 with high LDL - C live the longest, why should we lower it?»

Other studies have suggested that high LDL - C may protect against some often fatal diseases, such as cancer and infectious diseases, and that having low LDL - C may increase one's susceptibility to these diseases.

Making a change to the PCSK9 gene, for example, would lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and for someone with high LDL — the bad kind of cholesterol — it could be the difference between life and death, he says.

High LDL, or what's considered «bad» cholesterol, is an established risk factor of Parkinson's, Willette said.

«Rare errors in PCSK9 were first found to cause high LDL cholesterol and different errors were later associated with low LDL cholesterol and protection from coronary disease.

Dr Nakano said: «Many randomised clinical trials, such as Treating to New Targets (TNT) and PROVE IT - TIMI, have shown that aggressive cholesterol lowering with statins improves clinical outcomes in patients with CAD and high LDL - C levels.1, 2 But until now it was not known whether aggressive lipid lowering with statins would also benefit CAD patients with very low LDL - C levels.»

Teenager with dangerously high LDL levels recovers after a non-surgical treatment known as apheresis, 2013.

But because high LDL cholesterol is a known cause of heart disease — and because coconut oil has «no known offsetting favorable effects» — the panel advises against its use.

Does this mean there's a definite connection between high LDL or low HDL and Alzheimer's disease risk?

According to a recent editorial in JAMA Cardiology, a disproportionate number of young patients with high LDL cholesterol — 50 % — do not take their prescribed statins.

«And high LDL cholesterol is the most compelling risk factor for atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.»

The unfortunate result has been that some people with high LDL but with low risk were subject to «cholesterol limbo» (how low can you go!)

The research revealed that following relatively vigorous workouts, individuals who had the most muscle mass gain also had the highest LDL cholesterol levels.

In a study of 333 individuals at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Sweden, Dr. B.A. Bengtsson found that patients with growth hormone deficiency frequently had high LDL (bad) cholesterol and low HDL (good) cholesterol levels.

So many people complaining about energy levels and high LDLs on the keto diet but aren't attributing it to poor thyroid function due to very low net carb intake.

I knew that Jimmy Moore had the same thing happen to him and the more I looked around, the more cases I found of people experimenting with ketosis and then finding themselves with alarmingly high LDL - Ps.

It's associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, anxiety, depression, and endometrial cancer.

While it's generally agreed upon that having a high LDL - P is correlated with increased cardiovascular risk, this data was obtained from a general population consuming a high carb standard American diet.

It's also important to know that having high total cholesterol or high LDL are not necessarily anything to worry about.

High LDL cholesterol (LDL is called «bad» cholesterol) is only weakly correlated with heart disease.

So, the dilemma seems to be high SFA diet, high LDL for best inflammation / oxidation OR low SFA diet, good LDL and worse inflammation / oxidation.